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Henbane Leaves, and three Pugils of Melilot 
Tops ; boil all in Water to a Confidence, put a lit- 
tle Oil of Tartar to it, mix and apply. The Juice 
or the Infufion of the Flowers, in boiling Water, 
with a little drain’d, camphorated Spirits of Wine, 
abates the Inflammation of the Eyes. The Herb 
confids of fubtil Parts •, which makes its Plaiders 
proper after Bliders to prevent Mortification. No- 
thing exceeds a Fomentation of its Decodtion with 
Fcenugreek Seed in after Pains, which threaten an 
Inflammation of the Uterus *, and indeed it is a 
Specific in all Inflammations of the privy Parts of 
both Sexes. And in Inflammations, or Swellings of 
the Uterus , Reins, or Hypochondries ; What out- 
ward Application can equal, far lefs exceed that 
excellent Plaider communicated by Sim. Pauli from 
Jacob Fabricius ? Which is this : T ake Melilot ten 
Ounces ; Camomile eight Ounces ; Althsea Root, 
and Foenugreek Seed, of each fix Ounces ; of 
white crude Tartar, three Ounces ; dry Figs, 
twenty Ounces ; Spring Water, twenty-four Pints ; 
infufed twenty- four Hours, in a clofe earthen Vef- 
fel ; then drain, and boil up to the Confidence of 
an Extract : Take of this Extradh twelve Ounces ; 
Wax, and Sheep’s Suet, four Ounces ; purified 
Gum Ammoniac, three Ounces ; Turpentine, two. 
Drams ; Oil of Bay, fix Drams ; exprefs’d Oil of 
Nutmeg, three Drams •, Oil of Carraway Seed, 
and of its didill’d Spirit, each two Ounces ; fine 
Powder of Melilot Flowers, Zedoary, blefled 
Thiftle, Roots of Iris Florentine, each one Ounce; 
mix, and make a Plaider. But, for a Pleurify, he 
recommended the following Fomentation : Take 
Melilot, Pellitory of the Wall, or true PellitOry, 
each two Handfuls ; Betony, a Handful ; Marlh- 
mallows, a Handful and an half ; Camomile Flow- 
ers half a Handful ; mix, boil in Water, and ufe 
